# Remarkable US oil deal puzzles analysts and angers many Venezuelans

https://mins.news/en/item/41431

- BBC News, 2026-09-01 21:27 UTC
- Economy
- Original: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c93vkgk5e1yo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

> The US and Venezuela have signed a Caracas agreement giving a US-led company 100-year concessions over 17 oilfields containing 65 billion barrels of crude. Donald Trump and interim President Delcy Rodríguez hailed it as historic, but critics called the terms one-sided and colonialist, while experts questioned the proposed timetable and how the oil revenue would be managed.

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